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נֶ֫גֶד151
substantive
what is conspicuous or in front, always as adverb or preposition
in front of, in sight of, opposite to, נֶ֑גֶד, construct נֶגֶד,
suffix נֶגְדִּי
Ps 38:11 +,
נֶגְדְּךָ
Ps 38:10 +,
etc.; with ה
locative
נֶ֫גְדָּה
Ps 116:14;
Ps 116:18 —
1. as adverb accusative in front of,
a. locally (rather
stronger and distincter than לִפְנֵי), (a) Gen 31:32
נֶגֶד אַחֵינוּ הַכֶּרנָֿא
in front of our brethren own it, now, Gen 31:37; Gen 47:15
ולמה נמות
נגדך why should we die in thy sight ?
Exod 19:2
Israel
encamped נגד ההר
in front of the mountain, Exod 34:10
נגד כלעֿמך אעשׂה נִפְלָאֹת, before, in sight of, all thy people (compare
Ps 78:12),
Josh 3:16 the
people
passed over נגד ירחו
in front of J., 1Kgs 20:27, etc.; Neh 3:23
in front of their house, Neh 3:29
נגד (כלׅ
ישׂראל
Deut 31:11;
Josh 8:35 =
1Sam 15:30;
2Sam 12:12
+;
1Kgs 21:13
set Naboth נֶגֶד הָעָם; ׳
נגד י
1Sam 12:3; 1Sam 16:6
מְשִׁיחוֺ
׳
אַךְ נֶגֶד י, so נֶגְדִּי
Ps 89:37,
נֶגְדּוֺ
Ps 18:13
נגד
השׁמשׁ
Num 25:4; 2Sam 12:12
;
Ps 22:26
יראיו
׳
נ,
Ps 52:11 (so in poetry נֶגְדָּה לְ
Ps 116:14
;
Ps 116:18
);
hostilely, Job
10:17
with collateral idea of to the mortification of, Ps 23:5; Ps 31:20, compare Joel 1:16 with
collateral idea of being
open or known to, Prov 15:11
׳
שׁאול ואבדון נגד י, Job 26:6; Ps 38:10
נגדך כלתֿאותי || (ממך לא נסתרהׅ, Ps 69:20 (|| יָדַעְתָּ), Ps 119:168
; Isa
59:12
so נֶגֶד פָּנַי הָיוּ
Hos 7:2. (
b
) with reflexive suffix, and verb of motion, to go in front of oneself, i.e.
straightforward, Josh 6:5
ועלו העם אישׁ
נגדו each straightforward, Josh 6:20; Amos 4:3; Jer 31:29; Neh 12:37, compare Prov 4:25.
b.
mentally, = vividly present to, Ps 38:18
ומכאובי נגדי תמיד, Ps 44:16; Ps 51:5
וחטאתי נגדי תמיד, Ps 109:15
׳
י
׳
נ (remembered by): nearly = בְּעֵינָיו, כְּאַיִן נֶגְדּוֺ
Isa 40:17;
Ps 39:6 so
׳
וְנ
פְּנֵיהֶם נְבוֺנִים
Isa 5:21. But
Exod 10:10
כי רעה נגד פניכם
before your face is = in your view, or purpose (compare לא אשׁית לְנֶגֶד עֵינַי
דברבֿליעל
Ps 101:3).
2. With prepositions:
a.
כְּנֶגֶד
according to what is in front of = corresponding to, Gen 2:18 I will
make
him עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֺ a help corresponding to him i.e. equal and
adequate to
himself, Gen 2:20
among the animals there was no עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֺ.
Note that in Late Hebrew מכנגד = in front of, Ber 4:5;
9:5; Ab 2:10, מכנגד פני Git 7:7 and elsewhere.
b.
לְנֶגֶד
in front of, before, Gen 33:12
וְֵאלְכָה לְנֶנְדֶּ֑ךָ, Num 22:32; 2Kgs 1:13 fell on his knees לנגד אליהו, Isa 1:7 your ground
לנגדכם זרים
אֹכלים אותהּ; with עָמַד
Josh 5:13; Dan 8:15; Dan 10:16,
in a
hostile sense
Dan
10:13, compare Prov 21:30
in the sight or presence of, Hab 1:3
וְשֹׁד וְחָמָס לְנֶגְדִּי, Ps 39:2
בעוד רשׁע לנגדי, Ps 50:8
ועולֹתיך לנגדי תמיד, Neh 3:37
opposite to (probably of opposite choirs), Neh 12:9; Neh 12:24 = parallel to
, 1Chr 5:11 =
over, for, a business (peculiar) Neh 11:22 figurative of what is visible morally, Ps 18:23
כי כל משׁפטיו לנגדי (|| לֹא אָסִיר מֶנִּי), with to set
or
place
Ps 16:8; Ps 54:5
לא שׂמו אלהים לנגדם (compare Ps 86:14,), Ps 90:8 often in the phrase לְנֶגֶד עֵינֵי ֗֗֗
, both literal, as
Job 4:16
תְּמוּנָה
עֵינָ֑י
׳
לנ, Ps
5:6
עיניך
׳
לא יתיצבו הוללים לנ (compare Ps 101:7); and in a moral sense, Ps 18:25
עיניו
׳
כְּבֹר ידי לנ, Ps 26:3
עיני
׳
כי חסדך לנ i.e. is ever present to my mind, Ps 36:2
עיניו
׳
אין פחד אלהים לנ i.e. he has no eye to discern God's awe-inspiring judgments (compare Ps 10:5); with
לא אשׁית i.e. have in view, purpose (|| שׂנאתי) Ps 101:3.
c.
מִנֶּגֶד (a) adverb
off (מִן
1.c.) the front, in front, opposite, ex adverso, Gen 21:16
ותשׁב להּ מנגד sat her down opposite, Gen 21:16, 2Kgs 2:7;
Deut
28:66
והיו חייך תלואים לך מנגד shall be hung up for thee in front
(i.e.
suspended, as by a thread, in front of thee); Judg 9:17
וישׁלך נפשׁו מנגד and flung away his life in front or
straight away (i.e. hazarded it); = some way off, from or
at a distance, Num 2:2; Deut 32:52
כי מִנֶּגֶד
תראה את הארץ, 2Kgs 2:15
׳
וַיִּרְאֻהוּ מנ
at a distance, 2Kgs 3:22; 2Kgs 4:25
aloof, 2Sam 18:13
ואתה תתיצב מנגד, Obad 1:11 (b) as a preposition (
α
) from the front of, away from, Song 6:5
הָסֵבִּי עֵינַיִךְ מִנֶּגְדִּי, 1Sam 26:20
אליֿפֹל
׳
פני י
׳
דמי ארצה מנ; מנגד עיני
from before the eyes of, with verbs of removing Isa 1:16, cutting off Ps 31:23
; Jonah
2:5,
hiding Amos 9:3
;
Jer
16:17. (β) opposite to, Neh 3:19; Neh 3:25; Neh 3:27
at a distance from, Ps 10:5
מרום משׁפטיך מנגדו, Ps 38:12
מנגד נגעי יעמדו. (γ) מִנֶּגֶד לְ
from before, Prov 14:7, in front of
Judg
20:34
.
d.
עַד נֶגֶד
as far as the front of, Neh 3:16; Neh 3:26.
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נֶ֫גֶד
preposition
in front of, facing (= Biblical Hebrew, see √; not elsewhere known in Aramaic), Dan 6:11
נגד ירושׁלם.